Six ways to celebrate the holiday season
November 30, 2017
Check out this infographic displaying holiday events happening on and off campus.
LUNA Fête artists share their creative process at Newcomb Art Museum
November 30, 2017
Since 2014, LUNA Fête has served as an intersection of the worlds of art, architecture and technology in New Orleans. Two of the artists behind the 2017 festival will answer questions about the process of projecting their art in lights on historic Gallier Hall.
Author, alumnus Tim Wise to discuss the rise of ‘Trumpism’
November 29, 2017
Tim Wise, a 1990 political science graduate of Tulane, will provide historical perspective on the current political climate during his talk “Great White Hoax: Racism, Divide-and-Conquer and Politics of Trumpism” today on the uptown campus.
MFA student explores black womanhood in upcoming performance
November 27, 2017
Tulane MFA student Jarrell Hamilton is set to premiere her new performance piece Episodes at Newcomb Art Museum. The work features atypical depictions of black womanhood from African-American ancestry to single motherhood.
Thankful tradition
November 22, 2017
More than 500 members of the Tulane community turned out on Nov. 21 for Thanksgiving Harvest Fest, an annual dinner put on by the Office of International Students and Scholars and the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Tulane student researchers add indigenous voices to state's history
November 21, 2017
Enrolled in a course called Indian Tribes Down The Bayou: Native American Communities of Southeastern Louisiana, first-year Tulane students presented historical documentation projects to visitors attending the cultural festival at Vermilionville, a living history museum in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Tulane preserves digital histories of LGBTQ activism in the South
November 17, 2017
Through the recent acquisition of records from the youth LGBTQ organization BreakOUT!, Newcomb Archives is telling the group’s story of empowering the LGBTQ community in New Orleans.
Tulane geographer to discuss formation of New Orleans’ neighborhoods
November 17, 2017
The aggressive municipal expansion of New Orleans between 1852-1874 shaped the city as we know it today. Hear Tulane geographer Richard Campanella discuss the annexations of New Orleans Monday, Nov. 27, at 7 p.m. on the uptown campus.
Indispensable free speech focus of talk by President Fitts
November 15, 2017
First Amendment rights — essentially free speech — are necessary for freedom and the best practice in higher education, says Tulane President Mike Fitts at the fall Phi Beta Kappa lecture.
Louisiana Rebellion of 1811 focus of talk
November 02, 2017
During the discussion, “Art and Revolution,” artist Dread Scott and historian Leon Waters will explore the ways in which the 1811 Louisiana Rebellion involving hundreds of enslaved Africans has shaped the region.
Tulane Hillel director named one of 50 most influential American Jews
November 02, 2017
Rabbi Yonah Schiller, executive director of Tulane Hillel, has been named one of 50 most influential, accomplished and interesting American Jews by the Forward, one of the nation’s leading Jewish publications.
Conference molds leaders in fight against sexual assault
October 30, 2017
More than 100 students, staff, faculty and local citizens attended the second annual Louisiana Sexual Assault Student Activist Conference Saturday on the uptown campus of Tulane University.
Pulitzer Prize–winning poet to visit Tulane
October 27, 2017
UPDATE: The visit by Jorie Graham as the 2017 Arons Visiting Poet on the uptown campus has been canceled until further notice.
Students discover grave reminders of New Orleans’ past
October 27, 2017
First-year Tulane students uncover New Orleans’ hidden history through the TIDES course “New Orleans Cities of the Dead.”